Accredited, online ACLS training in North Carolina

Accepted across North America and Canada, done in 3 hours. Up to 8 AMA CME/CE credits each.

Choose your courses

Please select a course to enroll in!

10% off with 2 courses, 15% off with 3

Add one course for 10% off

10% multiple course discount is applied, add one more course for the 15% discount

15% multiple course discount is applied

How to complete your ACLS certification in North Carolina

You are able to complete your ACLS, PALS and BLS certification in North Carolina with a fully in-person, or blended online course.

Acceptance in North Carolina

Critical care providers should know

Physicians: We are accepted by the NC Board of Medicine because we are accredited by AMA

North Carolina’s Medical Board Physician CME Rule 21 NCAC 32R .0102

Approved categories of CME

(a) Category1 CME providers are: ​ (1)Institutions or organizations accredited by the Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and reciprocating organizations; ​ (2)The American Osteopathic Association (AOA); ​ (3)A state medical society or association; ​ (4)The American Medical Association (AMA);

Verification Link

Nurses: We are accepted by the NC Board of Nursing because we are accredited by ANCC

North Carolina’s State Board of Nursing Administrative Code 21 NCAC 36.0807 continuing education states:

In order to maintain nurse practitioner approval to practice, the nurse practitioner shall earn 50 contact hours of continuing education each year beginning with the first renewal after initial approval to practice has been granted. At least 20 hours of the required 50 hours must be those hours for which approval has been granted by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME),

Verification Link

Dentists: We are accepted by the NC Board of Dentistry because we accredited by ADA CERP

North Carolina’s rules for dental examiners 21NCAC 16I .0103 approved courses and sponsors states

(b) Approved continuing education course sponsors include: ​ (1) providers recognized by the American Dental Association’s continuing education recognition program, the Academy of General Dentistry, the American Dental Hygienists’ Association, or components of such organizations;

Verification Link

Pharmacists: We are accepted by the NC Board of Pharmacy because we are accredited by ACPE

North Carolina’s State Board of Pharmacy rule 21NCAC 46 .2201 states:

(e)All continuing education shall be obtained through continuing education courses accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education or the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists

Verification Link

EMS:We are accepted by the NC Office of EMS because our courses follow the latest AHA Guidelines

North Carolina’s Office of Emergency Medical Services rule 10A NCAC 13p .0502 Initial credentialing requirements for EMR, EMT, AEMT, paramedic, and EMD states:

(c) In order to be credentialed by the OEMS as an EMD, individuals shall: ​ (3)complete, within one year prior to application, an AHA CPR course or a course determined by the OEMS to be equivalent to the AHA CPR course, including infant, child, and adult CPR;

Verification Link

Tattoo Artists: We are accepted by the NC Department of Health because we are OSHA compliant

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health rule 15A NCAC 18A .3208 states:

Operation and maintenance

(d) Blood and body fluid precautions shall be practiced by the tattoo artist when the potential for contact with blood and body fluids exists in any procedure.

Verification Link

Major hospitals in North Carolina

Hospital name Address Location
Duke University Hospital 2301 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27705 Duke_University_Hospital
Carolinas Healthcare System 1000 Blythe Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28203 Carolinas_Healthcare_System
WakeMed Health and Hospitals 3000 New Bern Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27610 WakeMed_Health_and_Hospitals

Childcare

https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Portals/0/documents/pdf/C/cpr_first_aid_information_rev_2018.pdf

In-person training

Your choices for in-person AHA training:

Blended class Classroom
Format This is a personalized and adaptive class completed online with a computer. After the class you will schedule with an instructor to complete the hands-on portion of the class. This is a traditional classroom class with an instructor.
Course completion Complete the online portion + hands-on skills session with an AHA Instructor. Contact an Training Center in your area to sign up for an instructor-led class, see above
Time The online portion of HeartCode BLS can be completed in approximately 1 to 2 hours. Time to complete the hands-on skills session varies around approixmately 60 minutes, depending on your experience level. A full BLS provider course can take 4.5 hours to complete, including skills practice and skills testing.
Completion card BLS provider course completion card, valid for two years BLS provider course completion card, valid for two years

Nearby training sites

View our list of training centers and skill testers in NC. This list was produced by Pacific Medical Training.

Heart Smart Team Inc.
409-C Parkway Avenue/ Greensboro, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Forsyth Tech Community College
1300 Bolton Street/ Winston Salem, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Lenoir Community College
231 NC Highway 58 S Bookstore Cba/ Kinston, NC BLS ACLS PALS

First Beat Medical
767 Cress School Rd./ Salisbury, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Guilford County Dept. of Public Health
1100 East Wendover Avenue/ Greensboro, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Nash Community College
522 North Old Carriage Road/ Rocky Mount, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Innovative Solutions
4101 G Stuart Andrew Blvd Suite G/ Charlotte, NC BLS ACLS PALS

CPR 4 Your Heart
3409-C West Wendover Avenue/ Greensboro, NC BLS ACLS PALS

The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority d/b/a Carolinas HealthCare System
1200 Blythe Blvd/ Charlotte, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Cleveland Community College
137 South Post Rd/ Shelby, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Coastal CarolinaCommunity College
444 Western Blvd/ Jacksonville, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Coastal AHEC
2131 S 17th St/ Wilmington, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Southern Regional AHEC CTC
1601 Owen Dr/ Fayetteville, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Davidson County Community College
297 DCCC Rd/ Thomasville, NC

Vidant Chowan Hospital
211 Virginia Road/ Edenton, NC

Martin General Hospital
310 South McCaskey Road/ Williamston, NC

Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital
500 South Academy Street/ Ahoskie, NC BLS ACLS PALS

CMC Northeast
920 Church Street North/ Concord, NC

Wilkes Community College
1328 S Collegiate Dr/ Wilkesboro, NC BLS ACLS PALS

CPR STAT Education & Training
2405 Charles Blvd/ Greenville, NC BLS ACLS PALS

CPR With Dale
3765 Mills Road/ Greenville, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Action CPR
847 Wake Forest Business Park Suite 102/ Wake Forest, NC

Response Institute
7404 Chapel Hill Road, Suite G/ Raleigh, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Randolph Hospital
364 White Oak St./ Asheboro, NC

Durham Technical Community College
525 College Park Rd/ Hillsborough, NC

Western Piedmont Community College
1001 Burkemont Ave/ Morganton, NC

Angel Medical Center
120 Riverview St/ Franklin, NC BLS ACLS PALS

FIRST HANDS CPR, INC.
613 Bracken Fern Road/ Wilmington, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Vidant Beaufort Hospital
628 East 12th Street/ Washington, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Johnston Community College
245 College Rd/ Smithfield, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute
2855 Hickory Blvd/ Hudson, NC BLS ACLS PALS

South Piedmont Community College
4209 Old Charlotte Hwy/ Monroe, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Randolph Community College
126 Industrial Park Ave/ Asheboro, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Piedmont Community College
1715 College Dr/ Roxboro, NC BLS ACLS PALS

CarolinaEast Medical Center
2000 Neuse Blvd/ New Bern, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Wake Tech Community College
321 Chapanoke Road/ Raleigh, NC BLS ACLS PALS

RCC - CEIC Bldg (Immediate Card Printing)
413 Industrial Park Ave./ Asheboro, NC BLS ACLS PALS

CMC Lincoln
441 McAlister Road/ Lincolnton, NC BLS ACLS PALS

My CPR Pros
PO Box 1238/ Mooresville, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Rutherfordton Learning Center
134 Maple St./ Rutherfordton, NC

Isothermal Community College
286 ICC Loop Road/ Spindale, NC

Edgecombe Community College
2009 West Wilson St/ Tarboro, NC

Executive CPR and First Aid L.L.C. - Wake Forest
224 Holding Avenue/ Wake Forest, NC

Southeastern Emergency Equipment
5760 Hwy 96 West/ Wake Forest, NC

Guilford Technical Community College
601 High Point Rd/ Jamestown, NC BLS ACLS PALS

High Point Regional Health System
601 N Elm St/ High Point, NC

Bladen Community College
7418 NC 41 Highway W/ Dublin, NC BLS ACLS

McDowell Technical Community College
54 College Dr/ Marion, NC

Western Piedmont Community College
Foothills Higher Ed. Center, 2128 Sterling St./ Morganton, NC

Emergency Medical Education Resource Group
441 N Louisiana Ave./ Asheville, NC

Bearfort County Community College
PO Box 1069/ Washington, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Triangle CPR
7404 Chapel Hill Rd Ste H/ Raleigh, NC BLS ACLS PALS

MedicalTraining.me
101 E. Market St. Suite 2D/ Smithfield, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Gaston College
201 Highway 321 S/ Dallas, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Cone Health
1200 N Elm St/ Greensboro, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Rowan - Cabarrus Community College
PO Box 1595/ Salisbury, NC BLS ACLS PALS

College of The Albemarle
1208 North Road Street/ Elizabeth City, NC BLS ACLS PALS

FirstHealth of the Carolinas, Inc d/b/a Moore Regional Hospital
110 Page Rd/ Pinehurst, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Blue Ridge Community College
Health and Sciences Center Room 3111 805 6th Avenue West/ Hendersonville, NC BLS ACLS

Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College
24 Canoe Lane/ Asheville, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Best Emergency Services Training
Best Emergency Services Training/ Eastover, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Southeastern Regional Medical Center
300 W 27th St, PO Box 1408/ Lumberton, NC BLS ACLS PALS

SEAHEC COMMUNITY TRAINING CENTER
2511 Delaney Avenue/ Wilmington, NC BLS ACLS PALS

CPR Works of Charlotte
9305 D Monroe Rd/ Pineville, NC BLS ACLS PALS

CPR Works of Charlotte
12200 Hickory Knoll Ct/ Matthews, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Harris Regional Hospital
68 Hospital Road/ Sylva, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Wilkes County EMS
1372 W D St/ North Wilkesboro, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Medical Center Blvd WFUBMC Community Training Center/ Winston Salem, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Robeson Community College
US301 N & I-95/ Lumberton, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Southwestern Community College, Franklin
225 Industrial Park Rd/ Franklin, NC BLS ACLS PALS

DLP Rutherford Regional Health System, LLC
288 S Ridgecrest Ave/ Rutherfordton, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Carteret General Hospital
3500 Arendell Street/ Morehead City, NC BLS

Carteret Community College
3505 Arendell St Attn: Receiving P/o#4642/ Morehead City, NC

Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Incorporated d/b/a Vidant Medical Center
621 Service Drive/ Greenville, NC BLS ACLS

Premier Medical & Safety Training
PO BOX 463/ Pine Level, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Cumberland County Hospital System, Inc d/b/a Cape Fear Valley Health System
3418 Village Dr/ Fayetteville, NC BLS ACLS PALS

Dare County EMS
1632 N Croatan Hwy/ Kill Devil Hills, NC BLS ACLS PALS

CPR Works Main Office
9305 D Monroe Rd./ Charlotte, NC BLS

Innovative Solutions
5923 Cherrycrest Ln Attn: Patricia Bleynat/ Charlotte, NC BLS

Vidant Edgecombe Hospital
111 Hospital Drive/ Tarboro, NC BLS ACLS

Carteret Community College
Arendell St/ Morehead City, NC

Total 81 training sites in NC. Show all.

Pacific Medical Training course acceptance chart.

Questions

How to find CPR near me?

You can find a map of all accredited training centers in North Carolina above.

Life saving stories

Here's a few stories that warmed our heart. Just sharing and thanking you for choosing a career that helps people that need it most.

A fitness employee at a gym saved a victim of cardiac arrest

A 60-year-old man fell to the ground while working out in a gym. Planet Fitness employee Ian Palmer knew what to do. He grabbed a defibrillator and started providing CPR to the man who was barely breathing and had a very little pulse. Paramedics arrived and took him to the hospital where he is recovering now.

Full Story / March 29, 2019

A hero saves 2 lives on the same day

It was a regular working day for American Airlines employee Christofer Hatcu, little did he know that he would be the hero of the day by managing to save 2 lives on the same day. Paul Gonnelli was changing planes when he suffered a cardiac arres. Hatcu jumped to help him by performing CPR while paramedics arrived to help. It did not end there however “I did not believe it. They said there was another heart attack ten gates down. I said, ‘No way. This never happens.’” said Hatcu. He quickly ran through the whole airport all the way to the second gate to help the man. A ceremony was held to award praise Christofer for his heroic and valiant effort.

Full Story / April 11, 2017